Mabula 1

Mother white rhino (square-lipped rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum) and her juvenile calf grazing side by size in the dead grass, Mabula, South Africa. White rhinos are a threatened species, but with higher population numbers than the black rhino, which are a critically endangered species. Both species are poached for their horns and some individuals have round the clock guards to protect them.